shenamygans

moving day

2009-06-03T19:33:00.001-05:00

new host, same shenamygans.

unbelievable

2009-05-31T21:24:00.003-05:00

ringz

2009-05-20T16:36:00.005-05:00

i'm drooling. awesome design.

oh man.

2009-05-13T13:54:00.003-05:00

so awkward.

that's it

2009-05-11T20:16:00.001-05:00

i give up trying to be a musician... right about now.

everything in its right place

2009-05-08T11:00:00.006-05:00

driving home this morning around two was rough. i'm so tired of studying. throwing things together that don't represent my inner perfectionism. i pulled out of the driveway of my friend's house and headed into the street. there were billows of fog. everything had a layer of dew. everything smelled of muggy spring. i rolled the windows down, turned up ok computer way too loud, and threw my hands out the window. i exhaled pure stress and just smiled.

i drove home on streets made of clouds.

inspiration

2009-05-07T11:01:00.004-05:00

i know what i want. i want what i don't know i want yet. to be inspired. by the inspiring and the not so inspiring. to continually want to be alive, and to experience all of it. to remember, to move on, to renew.

opera weekend

2009-05-01T18:42:00.002-05:00

happy weekend, all. opening night of orpheus in the underworld tonight- the spring season opera production. shows saturday and sunday, too. i'm in the pit. should be a good, completely risqué time.

happy may day!

2009-05-01T18:35:00.003-05:00

this song by elvis perkins is about the time spent while his good friend was in a coma. it's the most meaningful song i've heard in a great deal of time. the lyrics blow my mind.

applebees and hot wings

2009-04-29T12:08:00.001-05:00

always hits the spot

2009-04-21T16:53:00.001-05:00

outfits that make me happy

2009-04-21T15:26:00.004-05:00

sartorialist

can't wait to see this

2009-04-16T18:39:00.001-05:00

speaking of

2009-04-16T17:12:00.005-05:00

mia farrow is the coolest. i like her a whole lot.

reminds me of my mom.

need the eggs

2009-04-16T17:06:00.006-05:00

i've been at sick all week now. drugged into sleeping the majority of the time, forcing myself to the doctor, stuff like that. i've been lonely and watching a lot of movies. annie hall has been my favorite.

i won't be the first or the last to like woody allen's work, but it's been a nice time nonetheless.

stay with me baby

2009-04-14T14:14:00.004-05:00

church bells

2009-04-14T13:42:00.008-05:00

i think about weddings a lot. maybe it's because there is so much happening with marriage in the news, maybe because i think about my own, but mostly because they're part of my life. i've been the maid of honor. i've been the cellist. my mom's been the organist/pianist, my sister's been the violinist, i've been in the string quartet. i've played pachelbel's canon more times than i care to think of. i've seen the candelabras fall over. i've seen the father-in-law show up drunk, and i've seen the bride outside drinking a beer. i can tell what's popular, what's cliche, what's real and what's not. when people make it their own day, regardless of trends and fashions, that's what it's all about. when i hear of ideas like this one, it makes me so happy. renting out a few super 8 mm cameras to your friends and having them film it. the whole day will be a blur, so why not see it through the people who see the best in you?

that's just what it's about.

bunnies and eggs

2009-04-12T19:30:00.002-05:00

these people make my life a lot better than it should be.

happiest of easters everybody!

i'm sick for the second major holiday in a row. yeah!

quoting this for infinity

2009-04-12T19:21:00.003-05:00

the classiest

2009-04-11T01:34:00.002-05:00

god, i love this movie

2009-04-10T01:33:00.001-05:00

this is fantastic

2009-04-08T00:13:00.001-05:00

thanks, bennet. as always.

bitch pleeze

2009-04-07T10:38:00.001-05:00

Video Recaps | Full Episodes | Webisodes

little joys

2009-04-05T18:44:00.007-05:00

no stranger to the stage, but started to notice things

this hall filled with people, friday evening

packed full, last concert of the season

hundreds of little faces, dark and similar

giddy and restless, lots of little noises

woman in blue suit, third row

bopping to ellington banged out of the piano

clasping her hands at moments

old man, holding wife's hand

seeing his face, swell red with tears

head lifted to the sky, huge smile

respighi's pure bliss

makes me feel magic

like a stranger, all over again

great idea

2009-04-05T18:13:00.000-05:00

(dfm)

perfect

2009-04-03T23:24:00.006-05:00

i have no control over my tear ducts when i hear this.

words can't describe what it does to my insides.

beyond magical. out of this world.

it's about love

2009-04-03T11:53:00.001-05:00

and i'm sure in love with iowa right now.

and i love being in love with iowa.

map animals

2009-04-01T12:46:00.002-05:00

(swissmiss)

book fever

2009-04-01T12:34:00.002-05:00

really looking forward to reading this. what a good guy.

amazing.

2009-04-01T12:24:00.003-05:00

(the sartorialist)

stupid marc

2009-04-01T11:33:00.001-05:00

damn it, marc jacobs. stop it. i can't afford your shoes. quit teasing me.

xoxo

2009-03-31T11:16:00.004-05:00

this pretty girl is my whole life and i cannot wait to see her in aspen for summer number four!

bike of my dreams

2009-03-30T11:23:00.005-05:00

i really, really, wouldn't mind having the genius portland people of map build the bike of my dreams. all of the bikes are so fantastic. drool.

unexpected theme of the day: children books

2009-03-25T19:44:00.004-05:00

oh my dear god, i could not be more excited for a movie if i tried.

all my childhood dreams are coming true.

coolest cake

2009-03-25T12:16:00.006-05:00

oh wow- this rules! my nephews should brace themselves before i become awesome and duplicate that.

(coco cake cupcakes)

live every week like it's truffle week

2009-03-24T10:25:00.009-05:00

pretty walls

2009-03-24T10:20:00.004-05:00

this print is lovely. i'd love to have it on my wall.

(irene at isphotography)

another crush

2009-03-23T23:22:00.003-05:00

not as good as jungle love in purple rain, but nothing compares to that.

god, the time is so amazing.

weirdest thing ever

2009-03-23T17:35:00.014-05:00

really?

(weird)

coke commercial

2009-03-21T10:41:00.003-05:00

this is beautiful. even if it is an attempt for coke to take over the world.

schumann and daydreams

2009-03-20T13:21:00.003-05:00

i pretend to play this with an orchestra today-

windows open, with bird accompaniment.

i'm getting a hair trim today. really excited for that.

milk!

2009-03-20T13:09:00.002-05:00

happy first day of spring, happy friday, happy two day anniversary of this movie being in my life. you have to watch it if you haven't.

cooking shows

2009-03-19T15:30:00.005-05:00

i love cupcakes. i also hate to love tamra davis' cooking show, her adorable kids, her adorable life, and her adorable husband mike from the beastie boys. god dammit.

cutie pie

2009-03-18T20:30:00.004-05:00

hi paul rudd. you're adorable, and it's quite possible that i love you. that's all. love, amy

(portroids)

i want i want i want

2009-03-18T14:36:00.004-05:00

i would look good with one of these. really good.

(amazon kindle)

good words

2009-03-18T11:47:00.002-05:00

from your ill-fitting overcoat

something that really made sense today:

"'Give me a smile, sunshine,' he says as I swipe my card through the reader. 'It can't be that bad.'

"I roll my eyes. 'Good morning,' I say, with the inflection of a world-weary twelve-year-old. He laughs.

"Everyone's talking to themselves on the bus this morning and all I want to do is sleep. At least they aren't talking to me. I curl up against the back window, spring jacket pulled tight around my shoulders, hood over my head. I'm sick again.

"For the first time in a long while, I don't feel like going to work. But I don't feel like staying home either, a place that's feeling less like home and more like a place I'm tired of sleeping.

"I know I'm not depressed because I can still imagine a place I'd like to be. I can see it in my mind's eye: a deserted island, off the map and off the grid, somewhere in the furthest flung corner of the South Pacific. I can see myself cracking coconuts on a rock, wearing a sarong made from palm fronds. Maybe I could bring Sudafed.

"Mostly I just want sunshine. And the space to be alone instead of lonely.

"I haven't exactly cornered the market on hard times. We're all scrounging and sick and over it-- bulls and bears and puppy dog tails, the world's crumbling faster than a handmade pie crust, and still I find time to feel sorry for myself.

"It's not the three months I'm behind on rent. It's not the sickness that never fully leaves me. It's not the way the house around my ears is busting apart at the floorboards, mouse-eaten and bulb-burned and too cold for an almost-spring day. It's not the way I'm losing or have lost nearly every person I could ever care to love.

"It's the way the way the sun never shines full-bright. It's the way that every little moment is a chore. It's the way my wheels spin and spin and never go anywhere I really want to be.

"And then, I don't know. I'm sitting on the bus on a day as dreary as an eighth grade poem, hail and snails and puppy dog tails, snow and rain mixing to sleet, gum stuck to the seat beside me, and I'm looking through a smudged window at a street that needs cleaning and I think, This is beautiful.

"Just this moment.

"This is enough.

"And maybe it is".

this is what 70 degrees looks like

2009-03-16T16:22:00.003-05:00

(weheartit)

trees and memories

2009-03-13T16:01:00.008-05:00

happy weekend (and spring break for me)! one of my very best friends and one of his friends is coming to visit today. the pictures of the trees were taken by me and clayton during the past summer. clayton was in aspen, colorado, and i was in beijing, china. can you tell whose is whose? or which continent is which? makes me think a lot about good times had and good times to come. hope this weekend is a great one.

i can't wait to go hug that new baby boy!

beautiful boys

2009-03-12T11:32:00.004-05:00

dear boy with the green coat and amazing facial hair,

please marry me. i will be a good wife to you. i promise.

love,

amy

(the sartorialist)

the original joker

2009-03-12T00:06:00.006-05:00

this wrings my guts out and hangs them up to dry. unbelievable.

noah james

2009-03-10T22:15:00.006-05:00

welcome to the world, little man. it sucks a lot sometimes, but most of the time it's pretty okay. don't get discouraged if you lose something, or your brother or your parents don't agree with you all the time, or if you get dumped, or if you wreck your first car. i will do everything in my power to stuff you with the junk food your mom doesn't approve of, and tell you all the stuff your mom would freak out if she knew i told you. i can't wait to see you walk and talk, i can't wait until your first birthday, i can't wait until you graduate high school, or your wedding day, or the next time i get to see you. i could hold you in my arms forever. i wish you would stay this little forever. never wish to grow up, and never regret anything you do. i will remember everything about this day forever- how i cried when i saw you in the nursery window, the way you smelled, when i brought your dad a half eaten chicken salad sandwich and cold fries (and he loved it), when your brother david picked out your teddy bear and wrapped it in blue tissue paper, when i wore yellow rain boots into the hospital, when the nurses told me i looked like your grandma, the way the sky looked above the hospital as i drove away. i wish you a long and happy life, and i wish you strength to handle it all.

i will always be here for you.

rain clouds and sad songs

2009-03-09T19:28:00.005-05:00

childhood living is easy to do
the things you wanted i bought them for you
graceless lady you know who i am
you know i cant let you slide through my hands
wild horses couldnt drag me away
wild, wild horses, couldnt drag me away

not only is that song beautiful, but i love watching musicians listen to their own stuff. everything about that video made me feel better today.

happy weekend!

2009-03-06T11:59:00.005-06:00

You have brains in your head.
You have feet in your shoes.
You can steer yourself in any direction you choose.
You're on your own.
And you know what you know.
You are the guy who'll decide where to go.
--Dr. Seuss

(weheartit)

weirdest thing ever

2009-03-05T20:14:00.004-06:00

i don't have an iphone. if i did, i would never do anything but this.

black cab sessions

2009-03-04T10:47:00.004-06:00

i highly recommend the black cab sessions. i've been watching them all morning. a lot of my very favorite artists have recorded with them, and it's a really cool concept.

oh yeah, sorry i'm sort of obsessed with her. oh wait, no i'm not.

daydreams and photos

2009-03-04T10:31:00.003-06:00

these images make me not want to live in iowa right now. i'm so itchy for spring it's insane. i just want to hibernate and not come out until it's 70 degrees and sunny all the time.

the first one is of iceland. how cool is that?

(weheartit)

birthdays of glass

2009-03-03T12:45:00.002-06:00

happy birthday, mr. ira. hope your day is swell.

cereal and strange dreams

2009-03-03T11:55:00.005-06:00

so i had weird dreams last night. i think i'm getting/am sick with something, because i'm constantly tired and sore all over. anyway, i was in this big auditorium- which was possibly underwater- and i'm pretty sure it was part of the aspen music festival (which i applied to and am patiently waiting on the news of my pending acceptance). a lot of people i knew were there, and it was a very steep auditorium. the seats just kept going forever. i got in trouble for bringing my cello along, but i think that i didn't know where else to put it. yo-yo ma was quietly playing cello in the back of the hall, and nobody was paying attention except me. then i took my cello to him and asked him what he thought of my bow. he put my bow vertically in between two strings and had me hold it there while he played open strings with his bow. then he told me my bow was too lightweight. how did he know that?! i had a craving for cereal, which lasted the entire dream. turns out- that was a real life craving that is still lasting throughout my morning. hence the picture of the newly reinstated vintage general mills cereal boxes that are completely bad-ass. i saw them at target on friday and freaked out. must. have. all. of. them. man, cereal rules.

mini-golf and crêpes

2009-02-28T17:35:00.009-06:00

happy weekend, everybody! what a lovely one it's been so far. my dear friend, olivia rose, celebrated her birthday yesterday with mini-golf and cupcakes. i saw a lot of old friends, and made some new ones. it was a really nice evening. today i woke up at noon (heaven), and went to watch my cello professor's 4 year old- matisse. then, i went to a place for brunch with a friend that one of those new friends last night recommended- the leaf kitchen. i had the crêpe up there (lime and brown sugar wheat), with a mint lime soda. it did make me want to drink a mojito, for it to be about 40 degrees warmer, and possibly lay on a hammock for days. oh well. time will cure all, i'm sure. then i spent 3 hours at a coffee shop with a couple of friends. i plan to keep hard-core relaxing through the weekend, maybe eat a lot of indian food, maybe cuddle too much, probably play cello a lot.

hope the rest of yours is great!

itzhak lovie

2009-02-26T10:07:00.002-06:00

god of gods

2009-02-26T09:47:00.001-06:00

warning: cello nerd post
this is insane.

frugal wishlist

2009-02-25T13:07:00.006-06:00

we both know i have no money, but if i did, you'd better believe i'd already own these things.

see? i don't ask for much. besides, nobody can have too many moccasins.

patiently anxious

2009-02-25T12:59:00.007-06:00

man i want to meet the kid my sister is supposed to have soon.

mr. noah is taking his sweet time coming out. i helped katie waddle through the grocery store when i was home last weekend. being pregnant must be weird. people give you lots of looks- mostly older woman smiles. it's a special time. for most people, it only happens a few times- if ever. isn't it weird how little babies look like old men? how are they still so cute? my two year old nephew still doesn't really understand what's going on. he asks everybody if there is a baby in their tummy- including my guy friends.

(photo from t.b.)

wonderful stop motion

2009-02-25T12:44:00.004-06:00

i've been meaning to post this for awhile now.

i wouldn't mind spending all day in my pajamas in bed or living my life in stop motion.

out of hibernation

2009-02-24T11:26:00.008-06:00

to my two official followers, sorry i've been out of commission since last week. to the rest of you- i suppose i'll apologize to you, also.

the video above is from a concert i played in last summer in beijing, china. i've been thinking about that trip a lot lately. i studied there for 3 1/2 weeks with a lot of amazing people, and i'll leave it to you to play some where's waldo. i'm wearing a silver dress, and i sort of stick out. that piece is written for an octet- 8 people- and we played it with 85. you would think it would sound awful with that many people, but it didn't turn out so bad. i met some of the most talented people i've ever met at that festival, and i know they're all going to go somewhere. as for me, who knows. we'll see.

this weekend i made cupcakes, spent a whole night cleaning my apartment, saw my nephew, and probably annoyed people to death with hugs. i've been thinking too much about spring vacation and the people who are visiting me soon. i should focus more on school.

stay tuned, there are lots of things i have in store to show you!

have a lovely day.

daydreaming of fall

2009-02-17T11:32:00.005-06:00

this is my apartment for the fall. i'm so excited.

hopefully i can make it look like this.

i bought fabric softener today. is it weird that my whole life i've never used fabric softener? let me tell you, i'll never not use fabric softener again. no matter what my financial situation is. it's a necessary luxury.

it's supposed to snow tomorrow. why? it's been so lovely and sunny. it just needs to get a little bit warmer. stupid groundhog.

bébé chéri

2009-02-16T16:58:00.004-06:00

isn't this little angel the cutest?

i hope someday that my children (even one) are half as adorable.

happy monday!

2009-02-16T16:36:00.011-06:00

happy monday, everbody! i went to madison this weekend, and it was fantastic. i saw lots of great people, my date took me on a valentine's date to tutto and we saw slumdog millionaire. it was a great movie, but not exactly what i was expecting. however, i don't know what i was expecting. i got to go to two of my favorite breakfast places while i was there, too. bradbury's (pictured above) and sunroom cafe. god, i love breakfast.

my date spoiled me with some very thoughtful gifts.

i even did some shopping!

hope your valentine's day was great, and that you found a little bit of love in some way. xx

(urbn & daily page)

cheese and cuddles

2009-02-13T11:05:00.008-06:00

happy valentine's day everybody!

that picture is a (slightly embarrassing) high school photo of mine.

hope yours is great!

life lessons

2009-02-12T11:10:00.010-06:00

first of all, i got in a minor car accident today. that's never happened. let me just explain to you that i really hate car accidents. i remember my sister ripping the side mirror off of her hand-me-down, 1970-something, maroon buick lasabre from our grandma by backing up into the garage. i remember sitting at the top of the stairs of our old house while my parents sat her down to, what seemed at the time, yell at her. it was one of those things you always remember. life lessons. growing up. i also hate car accidents, even cars in general. my cousin, brent, was paralyzed when he was 19. he fell asleep at the wheel at night and laid in a field until somebody found him. he's paralyzed from the waist down. i remember going into the hospital with my father, who always gives him crap. i had no idea what to say. on the other hand, my father waltzes in and says "what are you doing laying around all day for, junior?" although still in an unimaginable amount of pain and grief, brent lit up at the familiarity and from the tension that had been lifted from the room.

the scenario of my day is this. i had left that 8:30 am theory test i talked about yesterday, which i feel i did pretty well on, went to get some tea at the java house, and walked back to my car. everything's normal. i'm actually smiling at the thought of how well i think i did on that test, and how it's nice that the sun is out (you know me and the weather these days). i look in my mirrors. i see a tan SUV in the left lane. i'm parked about two stalls in from a stop sign, so this car had about 10 feet to go until the red light. in my subconscious, i decide to go ahead into the right lane and proceed normally off into my daydreams of sugary summer sun and no more theory tests. i quickly see the tan SUV fly past me, along with a honk, and a lot of scratching. i do nothing but panic. i get out of my car, quickly say "i didn't see you there, are you okay?" (i'm way too nice sometimes). she said nothing. she looked down at her vehicle. she had a tiny bit of my red paint on her car. i wanted it back. she goes, "oh, well this tire might not be okay in awhile. do you have your information?". thinking, "oh well this is what happens, she'll give me hers, too", in my subconscious (stupid subconscious). i never asked her for her information. she says, "i'm blocking traffic! just go write it down". i can hear my dad yelling now. i go to my car. i sit down, and start bawling. ugly crying. i rip out a piece of paper and start writing down meaningless numbers, my name, and phone number. my hand is shaking. she's standing in the street, and i know she can see me. she walks up to my car and taps on the window. i keep crying and shaking and blubbering. i open the door, but don't look up or say anything. i'm having a meltdown. now would've been the time to call the cops, or about 10 minutes prior to this. like, right when it happened. i crush the paper in my hand and give it to her. she says, "listen, your car got it worse anyway. don't worry. it'll be okay." IT'LL BE OKAY? my life is flashing before my eyes. the scrape is huge. it has to be growing in size by now.

she drives off.

i call clayton, and blubber about getting in a wreck. audibly frightened, he asks me if i'm okay. nobody died, but my emotional and dramatic needs are more scraped up than my car. i tell him i'm an idiot and i already wish i could take everything back. my parents are going to kill me. he tries to console me on a time crunch, as he has a few seconds to get to class. "i'll call you later," he says.

i call my mom's office, with no answer. i leave a message- no way she will understand a word of it. i wipe my face of snot, and start driving. i hate driving. i hate driving. i hate driving.

maybe there's a shot in hell she'll answer her cellphone. i call it- while driving. screw it all at this point. she answers. don't start crying. "oh god mom," i whine.

"honey, don't get upset. it's an older car. nothing stays perfect forever. lots of people get in wrecks. even if she does call the insurance company, which she probably won't, we'll take care of it then. calm down and drive home". wow. i was already home at this point, but i was expecting the worst here. it never came. i apologized, kept blubbering, offered to pay for the damage, repeatedly called myself the idiot that i am.

"people make mistakes. you have to learn somehow".

i had called my father somewhere between my mom's office and her cellphone, but he didn't answer. probably a good thing. he called back while i was talking to my mom. i called him back. i tried to regain composure. my father is a hairy, gruff, intimidating at times (most of the time), manly man. he has much less hair than in the picture above, and it's lost the red color now. i still picture him as very hairy, however. i started crying anyway. i rambled on and on, and he sat and listened quietly the whole time. after i offered to pay him for the damage to his car, he said, "don't worry about it, amy". i was really shocked, and really relieved at how nice he was being. "it sounds like it's not that bad, and as long as it's still drivable, you'll be okay". he proceeded to tell me a story about a couple of times the same thing had happened to him. once, being too kind, he and the other car involved agreed to pull around a corner out of traffic, and instead of stopping- the other car kept driving away. "nothing happened to your [precious cellist] hands, or to either of you. you still have everything you love and need, and you have to learn things the hard way. especially when people are as nice as you, and that's not always a bad thing. now when you look at that spot on the car, it can be a constant reminder not to take anybody's crap. go enjoy the pretty day, and keep your chin up".

oh, will it ever.

i really love my parents a lot. i realize this more and more every day.

getting over the hump

2009-02-11T18:57:00.010-06:00

i've been thinking a lot about the movie vitus lately. wow- such a great film. it was raining all day today. i need some rainboots- like these. yeah. those would do. it was in the 40s, however, so i can't complain too much. i went to open my umbrella when i got outside this morning, and the stupid thing was all rusted. i can hear my mother now. "it's not the stupid one, amy". thanks, mom. i just made a delicious homemade pepperoni pizza, i have a music theory test in the morning, and i need to practice my beloved cello.

i'll leave you with this great video i found while working on debussy's la mer over the summer.

god, do i love a good bunch of cellists together.

girl crushes

2009-02-10T17:51:00.013-06:00

lykee li makes me really happy.

i've been in a funk lately, especially with music. i'll think i have a good collection of music (and i do) but when i'm in a funk, nothing will do. luckily, i stumbled upon her and her perfect hit-the-spot voice. and the dance moves? ugh, i just can't stop talking about her, or thinking about her, or listening to her. i think that's officially a girl crush.

so perfect for this weather. dammit, i've got to stop talking about this weather. but i also have a girl crush on the weather. it's just what happens, okay?

anyway, listen to her. get her album youth novel. support her. she rules!

and this video with bon iver? awesome. makes me want to go outside and dance dance dance.

(myspace)

oxymoron: gorgeous february day

2009-02-10T17:36:00.007-06:00

i found, and officially claimed, an adorable apartment all of my own for next fall today. if i could find pictures of it, i would show you. it's exactly what i wanted- except for the price. what else is new? also, as we speak, it is 5:38 pm. as the winter sun is setting, i have my windows open. it is sixty degrees. all is well with the world. i realize i've talked about the awful weather a lot so far, but you have to realize this- i live in iowa, a bottomless hole of disgusting midwest weather of every kind.

i am severely pressed, as are many people, by some weird form of weather induced mood effecting... thing. so in every way, it's a big deal for it to be sixty degrees and beautiful on february tenth with the sun going down. this won't last, and i'm soaking it all in before some (god forbid) snow storm knocks my feet out from under me and forces me back under my covers by the heater. however, i dearly hope that doesn't happen for awhile. when it's this nice, i am an unstoppable force of motivation. that doesn't exist normally. i don't know who i am when i'm in this good of a mood. scary.

(p.s. isn't that picture adorable? via lovely design)

birthdays and lovely days

2009-02-09T11:14:00.006-06:00

saturday was my 20th birthday. what a weird thing.

wednesday i had been crying to my friends about morbid things and how i'm getting old.

saturday morning rolls around. friday night had been filled with friends and fun, expensive alcohol, and an ice cream cake with profanities written across the top. i woke to the sound of my nephew on the phone, had a bundle of beautiful flowers from a good guy delivered to my door, drove with the windows down (with no coat! in iowa!), ate whatever i felt like, and frolicked and shopped all day. i even bought some ass kicking boots. sunday, i went home and spent the whole day with my family. my nephew told me i had soft cheeks, and i felt my soon-to-be-next nephew kick wildly inside my sister.

it couldn't have been a better birthday.

the first couple days of this week are supposed to be in the 60s.

i hope it never gets -20 again.

adorable boys

2009-02-05T10:27:00.005-06:00

what a beautiful day outside. it's supposed to get nicer as the week goes on. yay! i wish it was always sunny in iowa city. i mean that- so much.

i can't wait until this weekend. i hope it's not freezing. i'm turning twenty! i miss my nephew.

happy almost friday!

intros and hugs

2009-02-04T21:42:00.004-06:00

so, in the past year i've become an avid (cute things and interior design and random writers) blog lover. i really enjoy writing. i kept a diary regularly in some form up until ninth grade. i even had a xanga in high school. i know i'm not alone.

this will most likely be a blog about cute things i find on the internet and posting them. i'm really into cute things, and food, and napping. i'll definitely let you know if i find cute things involving napping, or better yet- anything involving me getting to nap.

as for now, welcome to my shenanigans. enjoy.

xx, awkward pirtle